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In a world obsessed with stunning graphics and cinematic storylines, Flappy Bird dared to be… ugly. Okay, not ugly — retro. With visuals that looked like they came straight out of an old NES cartridge, it was refreshingly simple. Tap to fly. Avoid the pipes. That’s it.

And yet, that simplicity hid something darker — a fiendish difficulty curve that mocked your every move. Each pipe wasn’t just an obstacle; it was a test of focus and humility.

What made it legendary, though, was the emotional chaos it caused. No game has made more people go from zen-like calm to primal rage in three seconds flat. Friends turned rivals. Siblings stopped talking. Phones met their tragic end on tiled floors. And through all of it, we kept saying the same thing: “I can beat my score.”